charm;
human remains(?)
- Museum number
- Oc1926,1004.2
- Description
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Shaped and polished "poison" bone, possibly human.
- Production date
- 1926 (before)
- Dimensions
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Length: 15 centimetres
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Width: 2.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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From acquisition "poison".
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Slip reads: ' ''Poison'' bone of MÜN'JINJA-WONGA group. Called ancestral bone.
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Non-composite object. Unverified human remains. Modified human remains? No record of research. Repatriation claim received 2001.
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'Mun'jinja-wonga' may refer to Aboriginal group originating from near Boundary Dam, Western Australia, near border with South Australia.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Acquisition notes
- Collected by Mrs Daisy M Bates in central Australia between 1899 and 1926.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1926,1004.2
